Ruma vs Steeleville

A side-by-side comparison of Ruma and Steeleville: population, income, housing, and more.

Ruma and Steeleville are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Steeleville has the higher population (1,732 vs 438 in Ruma). Ruma has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $60,982 in Steeleville). Steeleville has the higher median home value ($155,100 vs $125,000 in Ruma).

Population, income & housing

	Ruma	Steeleville
Population	438	1,732
Median age	35.8 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,875	$60,982
Median home value	$125,000	$155,100
Median gross rent	$933	$775
Housing units	158	890
Homeownership rate	79.2%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ruma	Steeleville
Population	317 → 438 (+38.2%)	2,095 → 1,732 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $71,875 (+8.5%)	$54,213 → $60,982 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$164,700 → $125,000 (-24.1%)	$91,500 → $155,100 (+69.5%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $933 (+25.2%)	$693 → $775 (+11.8%)

Ruma

Population

317438

Median household income

$66,250$71,875

Median home value

$164,700$125,000

Median gross rent

$745$933

Steeleville

Population

2,0951,732

Median household income

$54,213$60,982

Median home value

$91,500$155,100

Median gross rent

$693$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ruma	Steeleville
Under 5	11.4%	1.7%
5 to 17	23.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	8.2%	4.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	15.5%
55 to 64	16.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.4%	13.0%
75 and over	3.9%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ruma	Steeleville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ruma	Steeleville
No high school diploma	12.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	39.8%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ruma	Steeleville
Drove alone	85.5%	90.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ruma	Steeleville
1-unit, detached	74.1%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Ruma	Steeleville
Poverty rate	10.5%	13.5%
Average household size	2.94	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1977	1971